https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/ The Forgotten Eras blog: Slavic folklore and lore, the characters, news, build updates and events from Behind the Hump. en https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/drawing-the-forest-layer-by-layer.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/drawing-the-forest-layer-by-layer.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Updates Before the forest of Forgotten Eras had a single tree in the engine, it was painted in grey: far trees, near trees, a path of light, and a hut on legs at the edge. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/gloomscale-boulders-and-the-cap-of-invisibility.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/gloomscale-boulders-and-the-cap-of-invisibility.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore A cap of invisibility fell into the forest, a storm shattered the rock it landed on, and now the pieces hide whoever walks past. Some of them were poisoned. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/ivans-four-skill-runes.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/ivans-four-skill-runes.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore Four broken stones carry Ivan's skills. Each one is named after a hero, a god or a weapon from the old tales, and each one changes how he fights. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-firecap-mushroom-that-shoots-back.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-firecap-mushroom-that-shoots-back.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore Get too close to a Firecap and its burnt cap starts throwing fireballs. It is a trap, a test of patience, and a sign of how far the curse has spread. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-grey-wolf-idol-where-travellers-rest.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-grey-wolf-idol-where-travellers-rest.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore Wherever you find a carved wolf in Forgotten Eras, you are safe for a moment. The idols are the kingdom's resting places, and they remember an old bond. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-leshy-idol-guardian-and-trickster.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-leshy-idol-guardian-and-trickster.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore The forest's master never shows his face in Forgotten Eras. He leaves a carved idol instead, and what it does to the path depends on what you did before. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-morana-idol-goddess-of-winter.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-morana-idol-goddess-of-winter.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore Every spring, villages across the Slavic world drown a straw figure of Morana to send the winter away. In Forgotten Eras her winter has not left. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-veela-flower-a-gift-that-carries-risk.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-veela-flower-a-gift-that-carries-risk.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore The vila of the Balkan mountains could bless a traveller or run him to death. Our Veela flower does both: it makes Ivan fast, and it makes him easy to see. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-vodyanoy-idol-marker-of-cursed-waters.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-vodyanoy-idol-marker-of-cursed-waters.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore Avena's father sleeps in the sunless depths. Above the water, a wooden idol with scaled shoulders tells Ivan the river ahead is cursed. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/avena-the-rusalka-on-the-bridge.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/avena-the-rusalka-on-the-bridge.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Characters Russian villages were afraid of the rusalki. Our Avena is a water spirit, the Vodyanoy's daughter and Ivan's forbidden love, and she is waiting for him on the bridge. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/baba-yaga-and-the-hut-on-hens-legs.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/baba-yaga-and-the-hut-on-hens-legs.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Characters The old witch of the Slavic forest feeds some heroes and eats others. In Forgotten Eras she is an enemy, and her walking hut is her weapon. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/ivan-tsarevich-the-third-son.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/ivan-tsarevich-the-third-son.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Characters Every Russian tale has a third son nobody expects much from. Ours left the palace for the woods, fell in love with a rusalka and woke up with a rune on his brow. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-domovoy-the-guardian-nobody-thanked.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-domovoy-the-guardian-nobody-thanked.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Characters Every Slavic house had one, living behind the stove. Ours was forgotten and twisted by strange magic, and he is the first boss Ivan has to face. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-grey-wolf-who-woke-when-ivan-did.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-grey-wolf-who-woke-when-ivan-did.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Characters In Slavic tales the wolf is the one who saves the prince. Ours slept for centuries as one of Veles' three threads of fate and woke the moment Ivan put on the headband. https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-pact-and-the-three-threads-of-veles.html https://forgottenerasgame.com/blog/the-pact-and-the-three-threads-of-veles.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Folklore & Lore Before Ivan woke in the forest, the gods and the people of the Three-Ninth Kingdom made a pact. Here is the story the game stands on, and the old beliefs it grew from.